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one's Admission BY LEGION IN Parade, Football, Dances Theatre Attractions Among Features Lewis Campbell Chairman Of Committee; Abrams Head Parade Plan Armistice day in Salem this year will be an occasion long to be remembered, if the plans out lined at the irganlxation meet lng of tbe American Legion gen eral committee last night are car ried into effect. ; A parade in the morning In which will appear aey eral bands and drum corps, a football game in the afternoon, dances and special ! theatre enter tainments In the eTenlng are on the program. Details will be worked out during' the coming month. 1M ' . I ? ! I '' Lewis Campbell was named by Tri a McSherry. commander 01 Capital Post No. 9, American Le gion,! as general chairman, wim Tom ittelanev functioning as j vice chairman. Arrangements with the theatres will be completed by aiax Page,5 retiring commander of the Legion post, and Mcsnerry. ny H. Bassett will be In charge of the dance plans, assisted by Wal ter Zosel, George Averett and C. K. Logan. : Cartel Abrams Will Be Grand Marshal , Grand marshal of tbe parade will be Carle Abrams with Elmer Wooton as chief of staff. Colonel Abrams has officiated in this ca pacity for many years and Major "Wooton is a national guard offi cer of long experience In cere monies and parades. Arthur Bates will have charge of the finances and William Wat kins I will take care of the ticket sales.i Oliver B. Huston is athle tics chairman and is arranging for a football attraction that is ex pected to prove a big drawing card. He Is assisted by Roy S. 'Spec" Keene, coach. at VVlllam ette -Hniversity, and- department, junior baseball chairman, of the American Legion. William Biiven, post adjutant, Js general secretary of the com mittee. , Publicity for Armistice day plans wil be under the direction of Jerry Owen, chairman, assist ed by C. K. Logan, Ralph Curtis and Rufe White. Cooperation Pledged By" Local Theatres Entire cooperation as in tne past already has been pledged by the Elsinore, Capitoi, Hollywood and Grand theatres, McSherry an nounced last night. The play houses will feature photoplays ap propriate to the occasion and are arranging for special features in connection with the regular shows. Capital Post intends to finance tbe celebration by the sale of script as heretofore, tickets being accepted as cash, at theatres, dances and games. . . Chairman Campbell called a aecond meeting of his committee for next Tuesday noon at the Elks club at which time reports from aub-chairmen will be heard. The committee will report its progress to the meeting of the Legion post that night. H i Gang Method is , Used by Hindus SACRAMENTO. Oct. 8 (AP) Borrowing a leaf from western gangsters, three Hindus In a high powered touring car tonight drove pp to a Hindu rice camp in Oto- VlUe and opened fire on workers koused there, wounding two. As a result Butte county authorities were moving to stamp out a new utbreak, of Hindu xlan war. Cardinal By EDWARD J. NEIL ST. LOUIS. Oct. 8 (AP) Another "We" ''Pepper" Martin and the St. Louis Cardinal came home today to a heroic wel come as the 'Spirit of St. Loui." once more rode highalong the banks of the Mississippi. At least 2,000 of the most rabid faithful stormed the railroad ter minal, shouting, mauling, surging in to get their hands on he naive youngster who almost single handed has routed the world champion Philadelphia Athletics to give the Cardinals a 3 to 2 lead In games and lift a national league champion to within one game of the first world series conquest for that circuit in five years. - . They will see him tomorrow, these riotous rooters, eagerly tak ing his cut against the sweeping Slants of "Big Jarge Earnshaw in the' sixth game at Sportsman's park, opening of the final act of one of the most thrilling baseball dramas of all times. But they could not wait to express their de light at the teats of tht youthful .hitting and base running dynamo, Derringer Big Income Put Before Documentary Evidence With Government Admitted Despite Strenuous Defense Protest i CHICAGO, Oct. 8 (AP) nance, the division of profits in his underworld organ ization, and an attempt by the crane leader to settle his in come tax affairs with the government, were discussed today at ms inai in ieaerai court sion. The most important dnTTloit znent of the day was regarded as a victory for District Attorney George E. Q. Johnson, attempting to convict Capone on double-bar relied charges which would pat him behind prison bars for a max imum sentence of 32 years and eitrract 180000 from him In fines.- Despite four hours of opposl tlon from defense attorneys. Fed eral Judge James H. Wllkerson ruled : that documentary 1 evidence concerning the attempt by Capone to settle his Income tax troubles in April, 1930, was admissible as evidence. .; The evidence is intended to show Capone admitted he had an Income of $266,000 over four years from the profits of Chica go's liquor gambling and vice en terprises. Louis H. Wilson of Chicago, in charge of fraud and Investiga tions for the Chicago internal rev enue department office, testified Capone and an attorney, Law rence llatungiy or wasnington, C, visited nig office on April 17, 1930, to discuss the gangster's Income tax. The documentary evidence which the government regarded so Valuable consisted of a power of attorney designating Mattingly as Capone's lawyer, a letter from Mattingly to the internal revenue department, and a stenographic report of the conference between Capone, Mattingly and the intern al revenue officials. "Mr. Capone arrived a few min. tea late, accompanied by two men who remained on sentry duty at the door," Wilson testified. Mr. Mattingly told me that Capone's iaoome was 326.000 In 1926, 40.000 in 1927: 1100,000 in 1928 and $100,000 in 1929." Wilson quoted Mattingly as saying: These figures (of capone s in come for the four years in Ques tion) are the best we can do. Mr. Capone is willing to pay nis lax on these amounts." - BANKERS SPEED UP CREDIT POOL PLAN WASHINGTON; Oct. 3 (AD President Hoover's plan for speeding prosperity's return was spurred today by the wholeheart ed cooperation of America's fi nancial titans. The half-billion dollar- credit pool proposed by the chief execu tive! is to be formally Incorporat ed by Saturday. Soon afterward. It will be put to its task of loos ening the frozen assets now clog ging the channels of commerce. Mr. Hoover receivea lau woru today from Governor Harrison of the New York Federal Reserve bank, who assigned the task of marshalling the nation's reserve dollars Into this momentous more for better times. Some confusion arose today as to how far the administration ex pects to so In broadening the basis upon which securities are discounted by the- federal reserve syBtem. It was said the administration hopes to make it possible for re serve banks to take up a large portion of the bonds to be ab sorbed by the credit pool, now in eligible for discount. Will Carry Hopes Today a demoralizing .667 hitter in his first world series. . Meek , and mild for the first time since the . series opened, grinning sheepishly, "Pepper" stepped down li to the throng that yelled' his name, patted his shoulders until his. big gray som brero kept slipping down over his eyes; and made an effort to get him op on their shoulders tor a parade of triumph. . Then ; It was that 'Pepper" quailed, perhaps for the first time in his life, and he grabbed the arm of Mrs. "Pepper" Martin and hung on. The leaders seemed to debate for a moment the possi bility of hoisting them both into the air, but discretion prevailed, and the greatest baseball hero since Babe Ruth was in his prime was allowed to escort his wife through cheering lines to a taxi cab, i .. Manager Street took his ball club out to Sportsman's park at S p.m. i to practice hitting and fielding In the homo environment. He .has chosen' big Paul Derrin ger, ths giant rookie from the (Turi to page 1, eoL T) Trial Jury of Attempt to Settle Al Capone's system; of high fi- on cnarges of income tax eva ! iy ' HELD BOON TO CITY ji Advertising and Community Spirit Aided; Night Game has Backing Well-attended, successful foot ball games will mean a lot to Sa lem both in j the way of advertis ing and in arousing community spirit, Roy "Spec" Keene. Wil lamette university athletic coachj last night declared at a meeting of the Fraternis club devoted to supporting the Boy Scouts' pro motion of the first Bearcat home night grid contest which will be played next Friday night. I m sure it is time for every one to get together and pull for both the high school and the un iversity In football," asserted the coach. "Salem can be more foot ball, athletic and ' community minded I can say that because I was born here." "Football at Willamette univer sity has improved during the last few years, due." he attested, "to the support of Salem, especially of the business men. This year Willamette university has the finest group of Freshman boys I've seen. They are all he-boys, like football and are not afraid of hard bumps." "This year Co lumbia university is going to be real competition. ' They have the possibility o becoming a fine football team." Howard Maple, new Willamette backfield coach and former star quarterback on the Oregon State college eleven, spoke briefly fol lowing Coach Keene'sr talk. "I will do all I can to assist "Spec" and to better the team," he said. At the conclusion of the speak ing program, Jack Johnston, Fra ternis president, solicited th 30 members present and sola tickets to nearly all of them. A number ; of Salem business and professional men were espe cial guests at the meeting. 1 HEROES ESCAPE DEATH ON HIGHWAY SEATTLE, I Oct. g (AP) Conquerors of the storm scoured north Pacific ocean In a nonstop flight from Japan to the United States, Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., narrowly escaped serious injury! or even death on a five-hour automobile I trip from. Wenatchee, where they had land ed from Japan, to Seattle where they were welcomed by cheering thousands on I downtown streets and at the civic auditorium. The two young Americans who found the first aerial) path across the North Pacific narrowly es caped being catapulted down a steep bank on the Snoqualmie pass highway In the Cascade mountains when the car In which they were riding was! swerved to the shoulder of the road to keep from striking the motorcycle of an escorting state highway patrol man. ; . j I Another machine following the airmen's car was not so fortunate and overturned down the bank. R. Kamura and I. Okazaki, repre sentatives of the Japanese news paper Asahl, iwhfch is to pay the fliers $25,000 for their flight, were in the overturned ! automo bile, but escaped injury, except for slight cuts from broken glass; Lane County to Make Provision For -il Insane EUGENE. Oct. S (AP) County Judge Barnard announced yesterday provisions for the care of Lane county's quota of Insane in the state hospitals will be made by the county when the 1932 budget is prepared. This action, the judge said, will be taken on the advice of Attorney-General Van Winkle. The charge was not paid by the counties this year ; because each county: already had paid its share, through the state tax levy. for maintenance of the Institu tions during 19 31. PEDESTRIAN unT.TTm MEDFORDT Ore., Oct. . 8.- (AP) An automobile driven by Gordon A. Stewart, of Medf ord, struck and instantly killed C. B. J Ward, 74, i of Phoenix, today. I Ward waj walking across the road at Phoenix, i 0 ss DQiflD IDE IN DEBT CASE That to be Price Insisted On by U. S. for Debt Holiday Extension Laval Conference to Hinge On These Points, now Capital Forecast By T. IS. STEPHENSON (Copyright 1931 by The Associ ated Press) WASHINGTON. Oct. 8 fAP Drastic European disarmament Is the pTice for which America Is holding further relief from the war debts owed by Europe. It became increasingly clear to day that this understanding will be sought by President Hoover In his forthcoming conference with Premier Laval of France. It also became evident that dis armament and Its related subject of a naval holiday will be linked with war debts and the world fi nancial situation as the principal topic of the Hoover-Laval meet ing. World finances formed the bas is for the conversations today be tween Lord Reading, British for eign secretary, and Premier La val In Paris, where It was stated we' do not know what will hap pen in the future." Congress Leaders Defer Judgment Reactions from the president's discussion of this subject with congressional leaders at Tuesday night's conference also indicated that congress is reserving Judg ment on an extension of the mora torium to see what may be gained in the way of disarmament from Ejurope. Senator Bingham, republican. Connecticut, one of those attend- ng the White House parley, as serted today that only two or three of the congressional confer ees definitely opposed extension of the moratorium. It is agreed that many bankers, particularly those with foreign in vestments, are anxious for an ex tension of the moratorium. Many financial experts In the govern ment believe Germany will be in little better condition next July o meet reparations than she wa3 last July when the moratorium was put into effect. NOBEL PRIZE GOES TO SWEDISH POET STOCKHOLM. Sweden. Oct. 7. (AP) The Nobel prize in lit- terature won last year by Sinclair Lewis, was posthumously award ed today to Dr. Eric Axel Karl feldt, Swedish lyric poet. Dr. Karlfeldt is the first mem ber of the Swedish academ , which selects the Nobel prize win ners, to receive the literary award. He was permanent secretary of the academy and chairman of the Nobel prize committee. As long as he lived he refused to allow the committee to consider him for the honor, although his name fre quently was suggested. Last year Dr. Karlfeldt Intro duced Mr. Lewis to the king of Sweden at the presentation cere mony in connection with which the American novelist; made a widely commented on speech de claring the way of art In America was hard. SCHOOL HEAD DIES REDMOND. Ore., Oct. 8 (AP) Clyde T. Bonney, 58,, principal of the Sisters school, fell dead at his home in Sisters yesterday. Bonney was a teacher in The Dalles for several years and had served as Wasco county school su perintendent. !'4 v'."y'fn"?yr" Pepper Continues to Pep Series I 4IVpper" Martin Is shown in this teleplioto picture, reaching second base In the fifth f"""g of the fourth world series gaino when "Dlb" Williams fumbled Cochrane' throw which was designed to prevent Martin from stealing. The Athletics won that gam e 8 to O and Martin was the only Cardinal to hit the offerings of ueorge tarnshAvr, TTJT7")7 sovt IS OF 2 OTHER ROUTES Ainsworth Named Chairman and Klein Retained as Highway Engineer , Expected Opposition Falls To . Materialize Upon Shortcut Plans A 10-year fight to have the Wilson river route from Portland to the Tillamook county beaches named as a state highway was concluded with victory here yes terday shortly after noon when the state highway commission came out of an executive huddle to announce that it had con curred in formal designation of the road on the permanent road map of the state. At the same time the commis sion ' announced that it has au thorized .surveys of the proposed Wolf-creek, Scappoose-vernonia- Hamlet routes, preparatory to taking some action designating one of these "roads as permanent state highways. Earlier in the day the com mission had named J, C. Ains worth of Portland as permanent chairman of the commission and had reelected Roy A. Klein for the customary one-year term as state highway engineer. Ains worth sat yesterday for the first time on the commission having been appointed Wednesday by Governor Meier to succeed H. B. VanDuser,. resigned. Prompt Decision Pleases Delegates The prompt decision or tne commission of the Wilson river route delighted its advocates who had come from Tillamook, Wash ington and Multnomah counties to beseige the commission again with facts, figures ana argu ments why the road should bt built. Ainsworth stated in the morning session that he needed some time to consider the propo sition but would not delay action unduly. Expected opposition to the shortcut road from eastern and southern Oregon failed to ma terialise. Commissioner Charles K. Spaulding undoubtedly headed off this move by a statement early In the day that he favored five-year construction program1 which would Include two routes to the coast, completion of the Burns to Ontario highway, tne Klamath Falls-Lakevlew road, the , Fremont highway and the widening of the Pacific highway between Salem and Portland. Hand Work not to Be Practical, Claim Ainsworth in approving a short road to the coast declared he did not think much hand work could be used effectively on this con struction. He said he favored holding the work back until after the first of the year when largr contracts could be let and ma chinery employed as well as men. Hand work on tbe road would be not more than 20 per cent efficient he estimated. Pending this work, Ainsworth said he felt sure the commission could pro vide road widening work in the state to take up some of the but, plus number of workers avail able. The morning session 'of tbe commission was virtually filled with presentation of arguments for a shortcut road to the coast. (Turn to page 2, col. 1) uzt rTTrt"'r'r who is probably si a ted to pitch again BOARD ORDER Sal Only em ewspaper The Statesman is the and distributed each morninjr. ' . Jir M nt It. is the only Salem newspaper, receiving leased wire news after three o'clock in the afternoon. h H Hi ill J It is the only; i Salem world's news and the local press hour: 2 a. m. The ! Statesman news in one issue. It does The date it bears is the date Subscribers on rural routes should not be evening papers which print front page date of the following morning. Such m is not a morning paper but date fine. " f i ; i n, . The Statesman is. TODAY'S PAPER TODAY. It is NOT Yesterday's Paper dated today, j BURGLARS ACTIVE r - i ' . IT DALUS H - -I ' li - !' Goods Valued at Close to $1000 Pilfered From . Finseth's Store DALLAS. Oct. 8. The second successful robbery in 'Dallas with in a month occurred early Thurs day, morning when thieves broke into Finseth's department ; store and stole articles of value rough ly estimated at between $750 and $1000. Entrance to the building was made through a skylight at the rear of the store. The robbers then proceeded to clean out the, stock of women a silk hosiery, wath some exceptions, and take large quan tities of other women's apparel. They took several men's suits of good quality and two overcoats. After securing their loot they opened a back door and loaded the goods Into either a truck or an automobile and drove off.; Residents near the store became alarmed when they heard i the car leave the alley and notified Chief of roiice ,ng ureiat. Footprints on the roof near the skylight showed that two men had crossed the roof. It was thought that three men who appeared to be loggers might have robbed the store, but there are no definite clurs to support this. The men had gone Into the store during the day and asked for some goods not carried in stock. They entered on the women's clothing side and stood around near where the hosiery was stor ed. - The men later appeared at Stockwell's confectionery j about 12:30 and ordered coffeei. The men left the store and drove down the street In a car. ! Courtship Goes Rapidly Aboard Airplane, Seen PORTLAND, Ore., Oct.! 1 (AP) An hour after she arrived here tonight from her home In Missouri, Mrs. Annie May . Dun lap, 5, became the bride of George H. Hawkins, 05, Seattle, who courted and won her during a ten-minute airplane ride from Seattle to ; Bremerton. ! i When the two entered the air plane one Sunday early last June they had known each other for only one hour, Hawkins revealed here today. When the airplane came to earth Mrs. Dunlap had promised to become Mrs.) Haw kins after! she completed a , tour around the world. M Y. today for the Athletics, " S Jjfc V'' " ? JVS V: rp"VS- i : W- ? , K-. fv.4i " r-i-M" ' - ' "V. J v 4'.-i ... .. . ,;vV .;-- - "1 I i ) ' , - r ' . t - ' c w . , -M- .j. . .-- ' - -7: ; , J V- - ' : V . t : - 4 A V-S- i' , ----- - - - - " - - Mi .IV. 1 M ornmg only Salem newspaper printed newspaper which brings i i the sews up to the early morning Mliihe prints ONE edition Including not jagg' e dates of Jits papers. it was printed deceived! by part of their papers wi hi the paper an evening paper with a false At Least two Killed, Iniured:- Concern ! More Felt By League Council -m PEIPINO, Oct 8. (AP) A report' that 12 Japanese airplanes dropped 36 bombs over the town of Chirichow.f 150 miles south of Mukden, i killing at' least two peo ple and - injuring' others ' was re ceived here today. Jj Q. Thomson, British- manager of;: the Pel ping Mukden railway, reported the bombing I to f Chang I Hsueh-Liang, Manchurian governor, t The bombs, he said, . were di rected chiefly at the university buildings, in which the Manchur ian government, is temporarily housed. , I ' ti:: .!? .i.;:fj. - . . Two Chinese cleaners were kill ed when one of the bombs struck a railway car. Several of the uni versity buildings were damaged but the extent of the casualties there was not known. j Another report said the planes also dropped pamphlets warning the citizens to- avoid the estabilsh (Turn to page 2, col. 7) f ' i, . CHINA IS ALLOTTED PORTLAND, Ore. Oct. S. (AP) Henry -W. Collins, vice- president! and Paciflo coast divi sion manager of the Farmers' Na tional Grain corporation, announc ed tonight orders to grind 200,000 barrels of farm board wheat will be alloted to 46 Pacific northwest mills within three days. The wheat will be drawn from the 15,000.000 bushels sold to the Nanking gov ernment., . , . I ' His announcement came Just after orders to grind. 100,000 bar rels or xiour f rrom iarm ooara wheat had been allotted today in Tacoma to the same mills. Colllnsisald this total of 300,- 000 barrels of flour will consti tute the October quota to be mill ed In the northwest for the Chi nese government. fH; i - : The new allotments will - be made according to the .capacity of the mills,- Collins said.; j j : Bank Officials Of France Will Study Proposal - i : PARIS, Oct. 8 (AP)-The bank of France today sent two of Its highest officials! to the United States. They will study President Hoover's proposals to deal with the financial crisis and so prepare for Premier Pierre Laval's visit to the president In Washington. Meanwhile Lord Reading, Brit ish foreign : secretary, completed his presentation of Britain's , fi nancial position to . the premier and other ; French : government chiefs. The foreign secretary said no understanding had been reached because "We do not know what i will "happen in the fu ture."' - .. ; . - - I. Amphibian Lands On Crater Lake I i ;- KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Oct. 8 (AP) An amphibian air plane piloted by Clayton'L. Scott. of Seattle, landed today on Cra ter lake and took off again a few minutes later. i . ! ' It was said to have been the first plane . ever to : land on the lake. - . li.i l;!"; .:;;': i. ; . SILK HATS CHEAP , LOS ANGELES. Oct. 8. -(i P) A case of silk hats was put; up at auction by the united States marshal here today, but It .seems there is j little ii demand in ; these times tor high and shiny toppers. The highest bidder? took tbe lot for $111. JAPANESE BOMBii inuBi mi GRAnV MILLING 0 Picked BI CURVES TO ! BE ELIIITEO ALSO, PlilKL'ED Five-Foot Concrete " Border On Salem to Hew Era Section Approved ! Right-of-way Purchase is Also Authorized When Commission Acts j Marion foimfv'a iiAii.(A4 iu wiaening, or the Pa cific highway 4nd the elimination; Of nArl nrvoa ri 4 Ai a.l '( . - !"-'coii oaiBin ana fw wa 0ne 8teP nearer ful fillment yesterday as a result of the (state highway; commission1 order that the survey of the im provement be made land estimates Tor the worlr nfAirliJ ly date."" ' H an introductinn: nt -i.-u calling for the widening of. the " J wa mail oy commis sion Charles .K. Spaulding of Sa lem whose efforts hid heretofore received the backing of an orgaa izatlon along the highway whioh naa met on RpvpfQi slons In, this city. I spaulding s resolution, adopted without dissenting vote, provides fiTe f0t concrete shoulders shall be added to either side of the 16-foot pavement now in use tocernnp wfth T. uSm Shonldpfa nn ilft,.. .ii . the road, shall be surfaced with Bu4ni;S.IO orine the road to a total width of 30 feet. Rleht-of-Wnv s i i Be Acquired, Plan 1 1 jopauiaing said that his, Inten tion, in proposing the resolution was , to see a right-of-way of 80 feet provided for the road to re- DkCA fha 4rforn .lt,i -. - DO feet and h tnrnrrntnJ vi. I .w.(.ulotcu in HIS resolution mittinrO.i'.. ii. . . way commission attorney to pro ceed to acquire necessary prop erty : along the; roadas soon as specifications' for its construction are approved by the highway com mission. - i ii- Yesterdav alsn mavis i - - "j ivcj mo sec ond meeting of a group of road boosters from the southern sec tion of the Pacific? highway in Oregon. C. . Pop' Gates of Medford being selected as spokes man tO TlrAKAflf tn Vi . . " DiaLt3 li i 11- way commission, a resolution ad opted Monday; at Grants Pas-tv urging modernization! of the Pa cific highway in southern Oreeon. At the meetin? it was decided that a final gath ering to perfect the organization's plans should be held at Eugene Monday,; October 19. C. II. Dem eray, president of the Grants Pass Commercial r.llib nraiaMi1 v. ' i-. . .j . . a i. lev meeting here yesterday. He in vited all communities along : the Pacific highway between Portland and Ashland i Knth 4. ..j ..... ouu W sides, to ait end the meeting Oc tober 19 at Eugene. I?enry Craw ford, president of V the chamber fof commerce and C. K. Wilson,' manager, stated "yesterr aay mat meyj. would attend the meetineJ Tt nknnoj i.t.. i. - o- .iv?a iu i filiate tbe Pacific highway organ-: IzatlOn with a tlmlliknn. In ..J thern California. -I I Among those who attended tte meeting here yesterday were J.j Edward Thornton, mayor of Ash land; William Briggs, Ashland. flfinrnAv A ' Tir oin&a msva. r - j vv v fvof ui mj ui of Medford; C. E. Gates. Med ford; Alex Sparrow, Jack&on county Judge; B. S. Smith, editor Mail-Tribune, Medford; W. B. Strawn, president Itoseburg cham- irm vt cumuierce; lit; a., JJUSen bark, C E. Logsdon, Roseburg; J. F. Ewell, Bosebui'g. P. B. Herman, Grants Tass, county i commissioner; H. Q. Starkweather, Milwaukie; H. C. Belton, Canby; James Smith, Cor vallls; T. O. Russell, president Eugene chamber of commerce; William Tugman, all of Eugene. Death Sentence Of McClurg is Now Commuted ' BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 8 (AP) The state board of pardons this afternoon commuted from death to life imprisonment the sentence of John C. McClurg. convicted of. first degree murder of his wife,! Mary McClurg, - December 9, 1929, near Emmett,: Idaho. IThe rote for commutation was unanimous. Gov. C. Ben Ross. At torney General Fred ? J. Babcock and , Secretary i of State Fred c. Lukens air voted afflrmstively. L OAS BLAST FATAL OYDNIA, Poland, OtL g (AP) Several persons were killed to day and a number seriously in jured by a gas explosion which wrecked a block of eleven newly, built apartment bouses, ii; Hi